Legal Opinion
Demetri Thor v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1978No. 77-2270PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition for Rehearing
(Opinion January 17, 1978, 5 Cir., 1978, 567 F.2d 389).
Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Demetri Thor, a/k/a Richard Larry Rusk, was convicted of making a false statement on a Treasury Department form in purchasing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(6) and 924(a). This conviction was affirmed by this court in United States v. Rusk, 5 Cir. 1975, 512 F.2d 815. Petitioner filed a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 1 alleging that he was denied the right to compulsory process to obtain witnesses…
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